ACCEPT OUR 21-DAY “GETTING INTO YOUR PLAY” CHALLENGE! How do you play? Everyone is different. As we grow up we tend to get so serious. The average four-year-old laughs as many as three hundred times per day. The average forty-year-old laughs three hundred times every two and a half months. —Humor, Seriously, by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
“Play is something done for its own sake. It’s voluntary, it’s pleasurable, it offers a sense of engagement, it takes you out of time. And the act itself is more important than the outcome.” To help you discover and expand your relationship with play this summer, accept the Good Fat Life 21-Day “Getting into your Play” Challenge.
FINALLY, ENTER OUR CONTEST!
Here’s how it works…
Beginning the day, you pick between July 1 and August 31
Start by reading The Art of Play on page 24. Self-mastery expert Valerie René Sheppard shares what she experienced when she accepted the challenge. Her nuggets of wisdom will help you understand what we mean by ‘play,’ how to discover what it means to you, and how to get the most long-term benefit from expanding your relationship with it. Next, choose a start date between July 1 and August 31. Then simply, do one thing that YOU consider play each consecutive day for 21 days. You get to start with a totally blank canvas. It can be a quick five-minute date or a glorious afternoon. There are no rules, except the ones you make up. Log in your activities and any new ‘AH-HA!’ moments you experience in our tracker, or create your own tracker. Take photos if you’re inspired. Collect keepsakes if the spirit moves you. Make it unique and inspiring to you. Make it easy, and of course FUN!
simply fill in what you did during your play date each day for 21 days. By August 31 when your tracker is complete, or semi-complete (no judgement here), return it to be entered into a series of drawings. Send us a picture of your tracker via email to Sherri@goodfatlife.com or text to 440.289.8321 to be entered in our multiple drawings.
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From Valerie Sheppard and The Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery™ Complimentary virtual, group session to discover and eliminate blocks to expressing your playful self. (Up to 10 winners)
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